From AmericanAntigravity.com: Three years ago, Betavoltaic Industries was poised
for success as a next-generation energy startup working past the
bleeding edge and getting startling results. With products in
development for both stimulated beta-decay nuclear batteries and a
radical new vision for LENR fusion energy, Betavoltaic had it made,
until it all went away... Meet Michael McDonnough – visionary,
futurist, and former CEO, as we explore what went wrong and why it
matters today...
"Business is all about timing – which in
this case worked against us. I had the misfortune of starting
Betavoltaic Industries shortly after September 11th, and we were
immediately hammered by a complete change in US laws and business
practices. Anyhow, that’s the short version of the story – after 4
years of struggle to obtain initial financing Betavoltaic Industries
shut its books and called it quits.
I’m still interested in the technologies of Dr.
Ruggero Santilli, who’s performed some key experiments demonstrating
that neutrons can be synthesized by running a DC electric-arc through
pressurized hydrogen. This validates Rutherford’s 20’s-era hypothesis
that the neutron is a "compressed hydrogen atom", as well as work on
neutron synthesis in the 60’s by Italian physicist Don Borghi.
Also, I plan to continue researching the latest
advanced technologies and positioning myself to work on the most
promising applications. One of those is a development project for a
type of nano-fusion technology they’re calling "Micro-Nova". The other
technology I’ll likely be involved with developing is a device that
produces alterations in the probability that a given event will take
place. Think about that last line for a few seconds to let it sink
in…this is big idea stuff. Basically, it’s a quantum control system
that increases the probability of an event happening." - Michael
McDonnough
Link: http://www.americanantigravity.com/articles/680/1/Fallout/Page1.html
Also see: http://zpenergy.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=791